Does Buddhism have a future?
Buddhism is a religion today that have a small community of believers found in North America. The reason to be in the belief in living a simple lifestyle. People find it difficult to shy away from there individual competitive spirit and acknowledge the simple beautiful things in life.
Buddha himself never had that many followers to begin with. The buddha always saw the dharma as something that would only appeal to a small community. According to Richard Hayes, In numbers lies confusion, and in confusion the dharma dies.
It seems to be that the future of Buddhism will be a lot like the present. Even though the Buddhism religion isn't all the popularity practiced among us Americans, world wide its is very well-known. With less than on half a percent of the North American population being Buddhists they don't become much of a threat to other religions. However, this small collective, efficient community of people put forth a lot of effort to be known and respected - with being low profile citizens to begin with.
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2 comments:
It was interesting to learn that Buddhism has such a small following. I was under the impression that meditaion and Buddhism were both very popular practices.
I agree with Chris. It was interesting to learn that Buddha never had very many followers in the beginning. I thought a larger amount of people belonged to the Buddhist faith.
Caitlin M
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